Workplace Safety

Scheduled Sessions

Course overview

• Promoting a safer working environment is not just a practical consideration. Ensuring legal compliance and reducing exposure to claims can deliver significant savings and productivity benefits to any organisation. Throughout this program, participants will gain an understanding of the principles and practices that support an effective occupational health and safety management system.

Key benefits

• Creating a safer workplace not only develops a more committed and loyal team, but will achieve significant savings and productivity benefits for the organisation, through reduced exposure to claims.

Who Should attend

• All managers working at the frontline of an organisation, from supervisors and team leaders through to business unit and divisional managers.

Qualification Pathway

Learning outcomes

• Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for safe systems of work, including ensuring records are maintained, appropriate training is undertaken and employees participate appropriately in management of safety matters
• Manage the identification of hazards, and the assessment and control of risks
• Participate in the establishment, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of effective occupational health and safety management systems

Course content

• Legislative framework
• The role of consultation, participation and communication
• The role of managers and supervisors in supporting safe work practices
• Hazard identification, and assessment and control of risks
• Occupational health and safety management systems
• Tools, techniques and processes to support safe work practices

Assessment details

• You may achieve a Statement of Attainment if you choose to be assessed for this module. Assessment is by workplace project.
• Assessment is optional.
• Please note assessment incurs a fee unless enrolled in a qualification.

Australian Qualifications Framework level

• Is available at Level 4 or 5.The AIM Public programs are presented at Diploma Level but differentiated by the level of the Workplace Application Project

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